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Ken Davidson

Director, SaaS

Cloud Security Business Unit

Ken Davidson is Senior Director of Product Management for Cisco’s aaS portfolio for IoT and 5G including IoT Control Center, focusing on the creation and delivery of cellular connectivity management solutions for Service Providers and their Enterprise clients. His role is to enable the Service Provider to build and scale their IoT businesses, compete more cost-effectively and deliver the capability to drive Enterprise digitalization opportunities. Mr. Davidson has been in the mobile industry for over 30 years, held positions with a number of Service Providers, infrastructure vendors, and consultancy companies, and has been awarded a number of patents. His experience covers portfolio management for a range of access technologies, security and networking products and views cloud delivered services becoming a dominant factor in 5G service adoption. In his spare time, Mr. Davidson enjoys spending time with his family, is a commercial pilot, and is an avid sports fan.

Articles

February 24, 2023

SP360: SERVICE PROVIDER

Driving Mainstream IoT Adoption at Scale

3 min read

Cisco Mobility Services offers simplified solutions offered as-a-Service to deliver advanced mobile IoT use-cases at scale, such as connected cars and connected distributed utilities, demanding secure, high bandwidth, low latency services from the carrier edge.

February 16, 2022

SP360: SERVICE PROVIDER

What’s the Next Evolution of IoT?

4 min read

The Mass IoT market segment, and especially 3GPP LPWAN, is exploding with massive numbers of low-cost, low-complexity, near-stationary devices like utility meters and agricultural sensors. Discover what's next as IoT continues to evolve.

December 10, 2021

SP360: SERVICE PROVIDER

Kaleido Intelligence Recognizes Cisco’s Innovations in IoT Connectivity Management with #1 Champion Award

2 min read

Kaleido Intelligence recently recognized Cisco's innovations and industry leadership in IoT Connectivity Management, naming us the #1 Champion in the market. Read more about the IoT Connectivity market and Cisco's innovations with IoT Control Center, including access to Kaleido's recent report.

December 9, 2020

SP360: SERVICE PROVIDER

Using Control Center to Monetize New Enterprise-Focused 5G Services

3 min read

Bridging the gap between an Enterprise’s and a Service Provider’s network, Cisco’s IoT Control Center delivers visibility and control across a Service Provider’s network in the form of a service that Enterprises can use for adopting, managing, and scaling their connected devices.

July 23, 2020

INDUSTRIAL IOT

Private cellular networks: Worthy of the hype?

2 min read

Learn about the benefits of private cellular networks and how they address some very common pain points organizations experience today.

March 17, 2020

INDUSTRIAL IOT

Modeling the 5G-powered smart city today that will protect us tomorrow

3 min read

Cisco is committed to working with service provider partners and clients to harness 5G and make our urban spaces smarter, more proactive, and responsive —keeping us all safe.

February 20, 2020

INDUSTRIAL IOT

Cisco IoT Control Center: New innovations to help you manage IoT cellular at scale

4 min read

Cisco Jasper Control Center is now Cisco IoT Control Center. Our enhanced platform integrates with Cisco’s comprehensive IoT portfolio, empowering service providers to build a robust IoT services business as 5G evolves.

September 7, 2018

SP360: SERVICE PROVIDER

Grab your Umbrella !!

2 min read

Cisco Umbrella very much fits the classic ‘Umbrella’ model. Whether it is a wired internet connection or mobile, on-net or off-net, Cisco Umbrella provides up to date security that just works.